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[ka3jjz]

OK then it appears that the 126.52 freq is wrong - consider it dropped. (Thanks freqhopping).

Now anyone know about the other Richmond one? If not, I'll see what the Virginia forum folks think.

Dumb question - what's the correct term for things like SWANN and THUMM? Are they sector names? 'Label', to me at least, seems a bit inaccurate.

Thanx es 73s Mike

 

[TinEar]

I got it fixed, Tin. In fact, I found 2 that might well be changes or simple typos - and this is the time to get them straight. They are:

126.520 / 350.200 Dulles South Departure
134.700 / 371.100 Richmond Departure

I've got all the others coded; all I need do is make a seperate Norfolk section and it's good to go. 73s Mike

Mike, I rechecked and the two freqs I posted that are paired with 350.2 are correct as posted. The 126.52 freq is just not on the list. And from what Travis (freqhopping) posted above, he confirms the two as posted.

The 134.7/371.1 pair I don't show at all - not for the Shenandoah (Dulles) area nor for the James River (Richmond) area. I can't find them on anything I've got.

Edit: Mike, SWANN is a Sector name while most everything under the "label" column are approaches to the airport or intersections or navaids near the airport. Airnav.com refers to them as navigational fixes. For instance, a plane approaching Reagan National from the FLUKY fix knows he should be on 121.05.

 

[ka3jjz]

OK all done. I've put the freqs in civ air VHF numerical order - which is the way most folks not tuning in Milcom will probably run into them. Any fixes or changes in the way they're shown p-mail me and I'll attend to it 73s Mike

 

[DPD1]

Tin: looks like our SALTY DOG 402 was really long haul yesterday. From a KBKF log posted on another list:

Ironically, heard Sunday afternoon through SoCal: Salty Dog 402 requesting as high as possible... Took 430. Requested direct Roswell, took direct TCS... Truth or Consequences AP of all places. Sounded like he was coming from the North, but they even let him cut through 2508, which is rare. Should be 18C 163706. Was originally #102.

Dave
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[n3bxv]

1542Z 335.5 Potomac APP - TEXAS 91 (F-16C/D 182nd FS TX ANG Lackland AFB/Kelly Field Annex) - in trail standard formation ILS 1L full stop. Descending to 2000' now.

1640 <257.2> Texas-91, flight of 2, with Potomac TRACON Departing KADW
Push to <343.7> with Potomac TRACON. A/A <140.1>
Push <284.7> ZDC-Montebello, looking to deviate due to weather, cleared to LYH, 270
Push <337.2> Calling Center with Request, but nothing else heard. Any ideas on this Freq? - Must have been a mistake for 377.20000
1710 Yep on <377.2>, Cleared direct Maxwell

Edit to add - They Landed at Maxwell around 1800 local according to a poster on another list..

 

[bigred10]

~1900 <353.5> Roman-11 with ZNY - Shipbottom. Not much else heard other than "Thanks for the help". Not sure where he was heading

Also about 2120 had a single fighter jet take off from Willow Grove. Anyone catch who/what this might have been? Perhaps related to the F/A-18 that I heard earlier?

 

[nightwatch]

milair feed

for tonight the milair feed for md has changed to feeding howard co mont co aa co fds,dcfd due to the flooding.on teamspeak,fedcom has us park and captl pd with flooding

 

[TinEar]

Mike, I've got yet another correction for the Wiki Potomac TRACON page. It's for Reagan National/Andrews. (You've got it listed under both.) The east departure freq should now be 348.725 to replace 396.1. It's paired with 125.65.

I might have more clarification of some of those "labels" too and possibly the move of one freq pair. I got a look at an ATC controller's handbook today and there are some nice, clear descriptions and use of freqs and when/how to handoff flights depending on their routing, etc. I'd like to just run it through a copier but can't do that so I'll just have to take notes. What we've got now is good but I think we can make clearer descriptions to assist understanding. Hopefully, I'll be back into the handbook tomorrow evening (THIS evening now that I look at the time.)

 

[ka3jjz]

OK Tin I'll take care of this tonight. 73s Mike

 

[Mark]

Monday morn vacation day catching T-Birds leaving Rhode Island airshow a/a on 141.8500
headed back to Vegas.Tanker FORCE 80 KC-10 out of McGuire refueling them on 366.300.
T-BIRD 1 had to rtb Rhode Island for problems so female pilot #3 has control.

update: T-Birds now on 307.150 Cleveland Ctr looking for FORCE 80 now has them on 366.300
refueling T-Birds # 8 then #6 then #5.

FORCE 80 returned McGuire 1:38pm local after refuelling T-Birds and T-Birds (another board post) were last heard looking for fuel
near Altus Oklahoma.Told if no tanker available would have to land at Altus AFB.
Guess the McGuire tanker wasn't assigned to take them all the way home... hmmm.

Mark

 

[TinEar]

And around 1320 began hearing the FIRST 81 flight (F-15 Demo Team) through the ZDC area. With Sea Isle 281.45, to Salisbury 257.7 with no contact so Sea Isle gives them Cape Charles Sector on 256.8 and then the Norfolk Sector on 327.8 at 1332. Flying at FL 240. They are cleared direct Norfolk, direct Savannah so they are going back to their deployed units rather than to Oceana as we heard the last time they finished the show at Willow Grove.

1346: ANGRY flight of F-16s off the deck at Andrews with TRACON departure on 348.725. Over to ZDC-Calvert 281.4 at 1350. Tac freq is 143.6. It's a flight of two.
1354: ANGRY wants a handoff to Patuxent from ZDC...wants to deviate from flight plan due to wx....only up to 11,000 rather than planned 14,000 and slightly changed course.
1357: ANGRY to BayWatch on 354.8...cleared to work from 3500-16000. Doing ground attack against weather obscured targets.

1420: ANGRY flight trying to decide whether they've had enough or continue. Looks like they've had enough of ground attack and will try some ACM. 143.6.
ANGRY flight leader also gave PIREP to BayWatch on 354.8 and it doesn't look good in the area.
1423: Northrup Grumman test flight freq 123.225 active. Mentions working in Giant Killer's area. Also says Giant Killer will call the flight on 118.125.
1428: N-G test flight says he has all the systems on and will be ready for the first run in 5-6 minutes. 123.225
Believe this N-G aircraft is N168W...he's very garbled as he often is. He's talking to N164W which I can't hear.
1437: TESTER 10 (USN Test Pilot School, Patuxent NAS) with BayWatch 354.8. Heading for the runway at Pax and has it in sight.
1438: ANGRY flight reports joker. 143.6. Terminate activity, getting back in formation to depart Pax area.
1441: ANGRY 1 to SENATE SOF on 139.9 to check wx at the field.
1442: ANGRY flight handed off from 354.8 to Pax 281.8 to get their tunnel back to Andrews. Assigned 6000 feet.
1444: ANGRY 1 to SENATE SOF to say a PIREP is difficult because there are cells all over the place. 139.9....says they're 8 minutes out...1 is Code 1, 2 is Code 2 for radar and RWR. (RWR=Radar Warning Receiver) They did a check of this just before leaving Pax where 1 flew behind 2 so 2 could check it.
1445: Pax hands off the ANGRY flight from 281.8 to Potomac TRACON 270.275 for approach to Andrews. They check in at 6000 feet, non-standard formation. No contact with controller on 270.275 so they change to 335.5 for their approach and are cleared down to 3000.
1450: ANGRY cleared to 2000...cleared ILS runway 19R. «335.5»
1455: ANGRY handed to ADW Tower on 349.0 where they check in for landing...both report gear down.

FSS Lessburg Radio very busy today on the civilian side - 122.2 - with wx requests...and warnings.

And right after my last log item there came a loud "BOOM" as the power transformer in front of my house blew up and electricity went off for almost three hours. Fortunately, two of my three PCs were on UPS units and I got to shut them down normally. Unfortunately, the battery in the third UPS wouldn't hold a charge anymore and so I just ordered a new one this past weekend so that PC was on normal power. Got lucky and it rebooted normally without any loss. UPS units are worth every cent you spend on them. All my scanners were on one also so no harm came to them and I just turned them off.

 

[dparana]

FORCE 80 returned McGuire 1:38pm local after refuelling T-Birds and T-Birds (another board post) were last heard looking for fuel
near Altus Oklahoma.Told if no tanker available would have to land at Altus AFB.
Guess the McGuire tanker wasn't assigned to take them all the way home... hmmm.

Mark

FORCE 80 was sticking around and waiting for T-BIRD 1. They were going to do a final refuelling out near Fort Worth, IN and then T-BIRD was going to try to get cleared up to 43,000 FT and he mentioned Canon AFB. Refuelling work was done on 282.70

Dave

 

[carbineone]

1439 Ugly 1 and 2 with Mcguire approach 363.8
1445 ugly 1 and 2 handoff to phl approach 291.7
1449 Retro 51 on 353.5 Zny and asked for uhf freq handed off to 314.500 ?
1451 corvette 1 on zny 353.5
1455 corvette 1 and 2 to NY approach 269.0 ( a/a on 138.750)
1502 corvette 1 and 2 a/a switched to 138.150
1507 corvette 1 and 2 to NY approach 353.750
1510 Ugly 1 and 2 with Zny 307.8 (a/a on 138.950)
1514 Shark ?? with ZNY 307.8
1516 Ugly on warren grove range 283.1

 

[TinEar]

BULLY 11, a flight of four F-16s from the DC-ANG at Andrews AFB returns home after another trip to Florida and the Avon Park Bomb Range. They arrived there in the 1200 hour. Picked them up at 1625 on the return while with ZDC-Irons 360.85 and on tac freq 139.15. They were handed off by ZDC to TRACON freq 270.275, were unable to make contact, went back to ZDC and got 335.5 instead. On that freq at 1640 until switching to ADW Tower on 349.0 at 1650 where they made an ILS approach to runway 19R. The last of them, BULLY 4, touched down at 1653 and their flying day ended.

1645-1700: Hearing a NJ-ANG F-16 flight on tac 138.875 but they aren't very active. No callsign heard yet.

Tony, where'd you go? Miss those detailed D.C. area reports from an area that only you can hear.

 

[TinEar]

Early 1000 hour has a BULLY flight of two F-16s off from Andrews. One of them is the new female pilot. Off the deck with TRACON 348.725, over to ZDC-Calvert 281.4, then to Patuxent Advisory 305.2 and to BayWatch on 270.8 where they announce a one hour stay and then will need a tunnel back to Andrews. Their tac freq is 139.15.

There is also a flight of three A-10s from Martin State active on tac 142.3 and with Raven Ops on 347.2. They're talking about going to the range...didn't say which. Callsign RAVEN. At 1017, flight leader tells #3 to go see if BALKY is around. That tells us they're going to Bollen Range. Sure enough, he shows up on Bollen Range freq 237.2 and contacts range controller BALKY.

Also heard tac freq 142.175 but got no ID on the users. That should be the SOF freq for F-16s from the VA-ANG Richmond.

1020: RAVEN flight over to ZNY-Lancaster 239.05 requesting direct Slate Run. They're headed for the Duke MOA after a Bollen Range stop it would appear...or going to Duke and then Bollen on the return.
1021: TESTER 12 in the Pax River area on 270.8.
RAVENs also mentioned that Bollen Range freq 237.2 is UHF radio preset U-17. (Add to Wiki)
1024: RAVEN flight handed off to ZNY-Middletown 322.4 where they check in.
1029: AXEMAN, flight of two MD-ANG A-10s on tac 142.3 and trying to call ops on 143.8. They also mention going to the range.
1034: Fighters on tac 143.6...no IDs heard yet so not ready to call them DC-ANG F-16s.
1039: Also have an ANGRY flight of F-16s on tac 143.15...sounds like they're just coming home.
1040: ANGRY giving mission results to SENATE SOF on 139.9. It's a flight of two.
1040: The flight on 143.6 is a WILD flight of F-16s from Andrews and also just coming home from a mission...they checked in on ZDC-Calvert 281.4 and then over to TRACON 335.5 for approach to Andrews. It's a flight of two.
1043: WILD flight over to ADW Tower 349.0 for landing on runway 1L.
1049: ANGRY flight with ZDC-Calvert 281.4 and handed off to TRACON 335.5 where they check in for approach to Andrews.
1051: BULLY flight has been doing ground attack exercises while at Pax River...they are now changing to an ACM role and are simulating a DARKSTAR (AWACS) control. «139.15» By the way, the new female pilot may be new to the unit but she's not new to her job as an F-16 jockey.
1052: ANGRY flight reports they have Andrews field in sight. «335.5» Starting initial approach.
1055: ANGRY flight to ADW Tower 349.0 for landing.
1056: BULLY 1 tells BayWatch his flight will be ready to RTB in 5 minutes. «270.8»
1059: BULLY flight reforms into fighting wing formation and terminates its work at Pax. «139.15»

1106:; BULLY flight to Pax River to clear out on 281.8
1107: BULLY flight to SOF 139.9 with mission results...BULLY 1 is Code 2 for radar and O-2 guage...2 is Code 1. From here, back to tac 139.15.
1111: BULLY flight handed off to TRACON 270.275 by Pax. They try to check in but get no response. (this is happening often lately...5 calls, no joy) They change to TRACON freq 335.5.
1114: AXEMAN flight of three A-10s coming home from the Duke...on tac 142.3 and taling about landing order once they reach MTN. (At 1119, they're talking about bombs dropped at the range so they did stop at Bollen at some point.)
1116: BULLY flight to ADW Tower 349.0 preparing to land on runway 1L...1 reports gear down....a minute later BULLY 2 does the same.
1124: AXEMAN flight to MTN Tower on 297.2 for landing. (It's a flight of three rather than the two I reported earlier. I thought this was the RAVEN flight but they sure fooled me.) All three report gear down.

Everyone accounted for (except the RAVEN flight) so it's break time. Back later...sometime.

(Ref below): Way to go Dave! I have heard nothing further from the AXEMAN flight so they may be up your way also. Heard them locally mention the range and then they "went away." Haven't heard them at Bollen or Warren Grove.

 

[dparana]

Good Morning All,

Great catch Tin! RAVEN flight is currently (1050) up in the DUKE refuelling with TAZ 71 (Rickenbacker AFB, OH) on 301.60. They used the usual 338.30 (ZNY) and 353.85 (ZOB) before entering the DUKE.
1055 - Sounds like they are wrapped up refuelling and will be headed back your way...I believe they mentioned going back to KMTN.
1100 - Just switched to ZNY 338.30.

1120 - TAZ 71 contacts RICK OPS on 238.80, they're 20 minutes out, code A1, and get parking spot 29B

(Ref Above): I only heard RAVEN Flight get cleared in and refuel with TAZ. Perhaps they went to the Bollen Range and were not able to get with TAZ since the Duke became inactive a 1100.

Dave

 

[TinEar]

I guess by now you've heard that the little BD-5J (The "James Bond" plane) that was participating in the radar testing in this area crashed yesterday near Ocean City and the pilot was killed.

Radios back on at 1300 and immediately hear CHECK 61 (along with 62) (F/A-18, VMFA-312, MCAS BEAUFORT SC) check in with TRACON on 343.7 heading for area R-6608. Says he'll be MARSA with OTIS.
1303: OTIS 22 (KC-130 VMGR-252, MCAS Cherry Point, NC) talking about refueling with CHECK 61 and 62...talking about "being in the basket" on freq 339.6. (Reference to hose and drogue method of refueling)
1308: CHECK 61 telling someone they're on the tanker right now and will up with whomever he's talking to in about 7-8 minutes.
1310: CADE 1 (A-10 PA-ANG Willow Grove) with ZNY-Pottstown «278.3» up to flight level 16000 and requesting direct Slate Run. (Here comes another one to the Duke MOA, Dave.)
1313: CHECK 61 IDs as two F-18s and mentions weapons to be used for upcoming mission. Missed the callsign he spoke to. Sounds like BRILLO. (Used a second time and still sounds like BRILLO)
1316: CADE 1 flight handed off to ZNY-Williamsport «338.3» and checks in there.
1320: U/I aircraft calling NORTHERN LIGHTS on «364.2» (Callsign sounded like DRAGNET 60 but that doesn't make sense. If it was a DRAGNET E-3B/C from Tinker AFB, it would have a letter suffix. That's the back end operational callsign. The front end would use callsign SENTRY with a suffix of 6X but mixing the two is not kosher.)
1332: CHECK 61 reports he currently has four Mark 82s and wants to know what should be used on the target. «339.6»
(Mark 82 is a 500 pound dumb bomb)
1337: Have that aircraft again on «364.2» and it appears to be DRAGNET-Victor. He mentions being on "network 1-alpha." He's now talking to DARKSTAR, another E-3B/C from Tinker AFB OK.
1343: CHECK 61 again talking to BRILLO on «339.6» BRILLO is either a range controller or operations controller for the CHECK flight.
1344: OTIS (the tanker) calls BRILLO to say he's low on gas and "will be pressing out of here. See you next time." «339.6» (I"m now fairly sure of this BRILLO callsign but it doesn't appear in my callsign database.)
1345: WILD flight of F-16s off the deck at Andrews with TRACON departure on «348.725»
1347: DRAGNET to Giant Killer on «249.8» leaving the area and says he'll stay west of the test track.
1348: SCARY flight also airborne from Andrews and with TRACON on «317.425»
1349: DRAGNET heading for the Norfolk area per conversation with GK «249.8»
1350: SCARY flight handed off to ZDC-Swann «360.7» where they check in.
1350: WILD flight checks in with TRACON «317.425» (BWI area)
Tac freqs for the two Andrews flights are 139.15 and 143.15...not sure which is which just yet.
1352: WILD handed off to ZDC-Swann «360.7» where they check in and are cleared to FL 210
1352: SCARY handed off to ZDC-Coyle «254.3»
1353: OTIS (believe this is different OTIS than above) says he completes refueling the CHECK flight and will now RTB. «339.6» He's also talking to BRILLO.
WILD flight is 139.15 and BULLY flight is 143.15 tac. Yeah...BULLY. Don't know where they came from but they're also up out of Andrews.
1356: BULLY flight on ZDC-Coyle «254.3» asks for handoff to Giant Killer. (This must be the lead flight, then SCARY and finally WILD.)
1357: WILD flight handed off to ZDC-Coyle «254.3» and check in there at FL 210.
1358: BULLY flight handed off to Giant Killer on «255.0»
1359: SCARY flight handed off to GK on «249.8» where they check in and say they'll be in W-386 until 1845Z and will be MARSA with WILD flight.
So SCARY and WILD are together in W-386 and BULLY going off by itself probably into W-107 considering the 255.0 handoff.
The third tac freq is 143.6

1400: WILD flight checks into Giant Killer's area for work in W-386 with SCARY. «249.8»
1402: SCARY will be monitoring 312.3 per conversation with GK on «249.8» SCARY checking on activity within their work area.
1404: SCARY tells GK they'll switch to tactical freq 312.3. «249.8»
1404: A-10s up from Martin State with Raven Ops on «347.2»
1406: WILD flight reports entering the airspace. «249.8»
1406: SCARY flight checks in on «312.3» and makes contact with the DRAGNET E-3B/C aircraft.
1406: WILD says they're changing to 312.3 also «249.8»
1408: SCARY sent to 143.6 by DRAGNET but can make no contact "with the controller" there and so go back to 312.3.
1409: SCARY tries again and this time makes contact with DRAGNET on their tac 143.6 freq.
1409: Meanwhile, WILD talking with DRAGNET on 312.3 and is sent by DRAGNET to 139.5 (correct, it's not 139.15) where they manage to make contact on first try.
DRAGNET setting up the flights for some ACM activity. WILD and SCARY are working with different controllers aboard the E-3 aircraft.
The way it shakes out is that the 312.3 freq will be a common freq for everyone. DRAGNET will control the SCARY flight's ACM on 143.6 and the WILD ACM on 139.5
1414: The front end of the DRAGNET-Victor E-3 aircraft is working with ZDC-Norfolk 327.8 and then handed off to ZDC-Bay 379.3 and is working under the callsign SENTRY 61.
1419: Just had a DRAGNET-Whiskey checking back into W-386 with Giant Killer on «238.1» (Not sure if this is a second DRAGNET aircraft or if he made a mistake.)
1420: SENTRY 61 reports altitude as 28,000 to ZDC-Bay «379.3» Repeats it several times.
1422: SENTRY 61 can't make contact with ZDC-Bay so goes back to ZDC-Norfolk and asks for a VHF freq. He doesn't repeat it so I don't know where he went.
1422: DRAGNET tells SCARY that he'll control them using freq 388.95. «312.3»
1423: DRAGNET tells the WILD flight they are having to change freqs because of the front end changing to a VHF freq so they'll have to go to UHF.
1424: DRAGNET tells WILD on 139.5 they have to RTB in 4 minutes.
1425: Find SENTRY 61 with ZDC-Gordonsville on «133.725»
1425: DRAGNET tells the WILD flight sayonara. «139.5»
So the exercise falls completely apart and WILD/SCARY go back to their common freq «312.3» and from there to their respective tac freqs.
1427: DRAGNET calls Giant Killer on «238.1» to say they will relinquish control of WILD and SCARY and that they'll be working 312.3. DRAGNET says he's going to RTB. «238.1»
1430: Fighter tac freq «138.75» active with U/I aircraft talking about DARKSTAR. And it sounds like the same flight with ZNY-PHilipsburg «306.2» Probably A-10 flight from Willow Grove but they shouldn't be talking about a DARKSTAR aircraft since A-10s don't do those things. Okay...cancel the Willow Grove A-10s until more info becomes available. (Yeah, this is a FAST 61 flight per Dave's info from below making them F-16s from the NY-ANG Syracuse.)
1434: AXEMAN flight of A-10s from MTN reports airborne at 33 past the hour to Raven Ops on «347.2»
1435: WARDOG (OA-10) with ZDC-Kenton «354.15»
1438: AXEMAN flight of two checks in with ZDC-Kenton «354.15» at 11,000 feet, direct Sea Isle.
1441: WARDOG handed off to ZDC-Casino «285.4» and checks in there.
1445: AXEMAN flight handed to ZDC-Casino «285.4» and check in.
1446: Sounds like the BULLY flight coming home on tac «143.15»
1447: BULLY flight to SOF on «139.9» reporting mission results...BULLY 1 is Code 2 for flares, 2 is Code 1 and they report about 50 miles out.
1447: WILD and SCARY still in ACM activity on 139.15 and 143.6.
1450: WARDOG to Giant Killer on «255.0» who says he's followed by AXEMAN 5 minutes behind
1450: BULLY flight to TRACON «317.425»
1452: AXEMAN flight goes to «255.0» and calls "Navy GIant Killer"
1452: WARDOG tells GK that he and AXEMAN would like a discrete freq to work if possible. «255.0» If he gets one, he didn't repeat it.
1454-55: YANKEE 11 calling Andrews Tower on «349.0» (YANKEE could be A-10s from Barnes or a KC-130 from Stewart ANGB NY. A KC-130 would probably use VHF though to Tower.)
1458: BULLY flight to ADW Tower for landing «349.0»
1459: Andrews F-16s checking out of Giant Killer's area on «249.8»

1500: SCARY flight handed off to ZDC-Cape Charles «256.8» where they check in at 14,000.
1501: YANKEE 11 flight reports gear down and landing «349.0»
1505: SCARY flight with SOF on «139.9» reporting mission results...SCARY 1 is Code 2 for SADL and crypto failure and SCARY 2 is Code 3 for HSI inop.
1507: WILD flight with ZDC-Cape Charles 256.8 and handed to ZDC-Kenton 354.15 as they make their way home.

BULLY flight about to land, SCARY and WILD flights on the way home, AXEMAN and WARDOG doing discreet things on a discrete freq out over the Atlantic in W-107 and just heard someone at Warren Grove range on 283.1...and I'll quit for now to take a break out into the sudden sunshine over my house.

(below) Yeah, Dave...FAST F-16s works for me.

 

[dparana]

Thanks For The Hand-Off Tin,

1331: CADE Flight contacts Cleveland Center on 353.85 and reports that they are two A-10s at 16,000 Feet.
1335: CADEs switch over to 301.60 and Make Contact with STEEL 61. STEEL is at 17,000 and the two CADES are going to do two sets of "BFM" before refuelling. Any idea what they mean by "BFM"?

A quick google search showed results for BFM as "Basic Fighter Maneuvers".

1349: CADEs Contact STEEL (301.60), they are done with their BFM and are working on their join-up.
1353: CADE 1 is 81-0981 looking for 2,000 Lbs. He is cleared to the boom. (301.60)
1355: CADE 1 reports he must of had some water under his refuelling door and it splashed up on his canopy, icing it up. CADE 2 will go to the boom first. (301.60)
1356: CADE 2 is 80-0275 and also wants 2,000 Lbs. CADE 1 unsure if he will refuel, he will advise. (301.60)
1359: CADE 1 is going to get gas. (301.60)
1403: CADE 1 and 2 are dropping down below 10,000 and are headed to the range (Bollen I assume). STEEL 61 is going to hang around and do a few maneuvers themselves.
1405: CADE 1 contacts Cleveland Center on 353.85 and reports they will be departing VFR at 10,000 and below, headed to R-5802 (Bollen).

That'll do it for me...signing off from the sticks of Pennsylvania.

Ref Above...
1434: I have been picking up FAST 61 transitioning through the area. He contacted ZNY-Philipsburg «306.2» about the time you have listed. He just switched to Cleveland Center on 363.075 reporting 28,000 Feet direct Gainsboro. Said he was a single ship F-16 so that probably makes him from Syracuse.
1442: FAST 61 switched to another freq something xx5.6, I couldn't make it out.....stupid phone calls.


Dave

 

[TinEar]

Walked past the radio at about 1620 to hear the AXEMAN flight coming home and landing with MTN Tower on 297.2

1623: Have an aircraft with Andrews Navy Metro on 344.6 asking about the weather in Aerial Refueling Track 633-B. (633-B is located in Eastern Tennessee) He identifies himself as FOX 146. He also asks the Metro ground controller to pass a message to Navy Base Ops at Andrews that they are 20 minutes out and dropping off a Code.

 

[n3bxv]

RAVENs also mentioned that Bollen Range freq 237.2 is UHF radio preset U-17. (Add to Wiki)

OK - Done. :lol: